OC man charged with meth DUI, man's death under RV

The Associated Press

March 26, 2013 04:31 AM

The Associated Press

March 26, 2013 04:31 AM

Orange County prosecutors say an auto mechanic has been charged with driving a customer's truck while under the influence of methamphetamine, running into a recreational vehicle and forcing it to fall and kill a man who was working under it.

A district attorney's statement says 50-year-old Marco Morales was charged Monday with felony vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and misdemeanor driving on a suspended license. He's scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

The statement says Morales was high on methamphetamine on Oct. 1 when he drove through a Fountain Valley industrial area on his way to work as a mechanic.

The large RV was protruding over the road and Morales couldn't avoid it. He and bystanders tried to free 49-year-old Timothy Michaud, but he was crushed and declared dead at the scene.